{"id":9483,"date":"2025-01-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=9483"},"modified":"2025-01-03T17:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:51:01","slug":"welcome-to-puerto-chiapas-chiapas-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/04\/welcome-to-puerto-chiapas-chiapas-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday December 27 &#8212; Continued from yesterday\u2026 At 0940, we turned into the channel into Puerto Chiapas\/Puerto Madero.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6193.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If our understanding is correct, Puerto Chiapas is the south side of the channel, which has a large navy base and the marina. Puerto Madero is the north side of the channel, which has a small fishing village. This is a photo of Puerto Madero taken from the main channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6194.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>About halfway up the main channel, there was a smaller channel that went west. We turned into the side channel. The north side had piers with commercial fishing boats and a fuel dock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6205.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The south side was naval equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6208.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The channel narrowed significantly and curved. We traversed through a lush jungle, surrounded by bird calls and insect noises. It felt very much like the Jungle Tour ride at Disneyland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6212.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The canal ended at Marina Chiapas. We pulled into a slip at around 1000. From what we could see from our vantage point, the marina looked nice. The first photo is the marina office, the second is the restaurant&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6235.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6234.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the small stretch of developed land, we were completely surrounded by jungle. Tiny birds were flitting all around. There was a ray swimming around the empty slip next to us, and a few minutes later, a few more joined it. In the empty slip across the way, a turtle popped its head up for a moment before gracefully sliding back under the water. Small fish were constantly jumping out of the water. Everything felt serene and peaceful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6218.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The marina staff who\u2019d come to help us tie up told us to wait onboard until the authorities arrived. We immediately got to work situating the boat. Kosmos\u2019s exterior was caked in salt \u2013 there was even salt on top of the pilot house. The top deck was completely covered in bird poop, with lots of poop on the pilot house roof and starboard side of the boat, as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christi did a quick rinse down. The bird poop was baked on and was not rinsing away. It was going to take some serious scrubbing to remove the poop. Scrubbing could wait until tomorrow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two staffers returned about 45-minutes later with five officials, one of whom was handling a dog. The dog and handler immediately went aboard and started sniffing around. We later found out they were looking for undeclared people as well as drugs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paperwork took about a half-hour. Once the paperwork was done, we took showers and went to the restaurant for lunch. Along the way, we saw a lot of lizards running around the rocks lining the water and on the ground near the rocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6326-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind the marina office was a boat yard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6403.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many of the restaurants we\u2019ve been to in Mexico, Baos was a patio covered with a palapa. We were seated at a table with a view of Kosmos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6224.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The restaurant had an upscale menu, with some classic Mexican dishes and some foreign dishes, too. After we ordered, a woman came by with a tray and said that tableside prepared salsa was included in our meal. The tray had an assortment of roasted veggies that she chopped up and mixed together.&nbsp;It was garnished with whole grilled green onion and a fairly large piece of grilled nopales cactus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6219.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric had ordered a salad, so a few minutes after the salsa lady finished, the waiter came out and assembled Eric\u2019s salad at the table.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christi ordered Camarones Hawaianos, hoping that it was the same dish she\u2019d gotten in <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/fueling-up-and-heading-to-ixtapa\">Huatulco many years ago<\/a>.&nbsp;She doesn&#8217;t think it was exactly the same, as this one had both ham and shrimp, and she only remembers shrimp being in the one in Huatulco. However, it was similar and delicious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6321-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric\u2019s had ordered the seafood lasagna, which had shrimp, mushroom, spinach and cheese in a marinara sauce. Keith had ordered a steak and a baked potato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6323-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, Christi and Keith went to the pool for a bit, where we met a few other cruisers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6339.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twilight from the pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6226.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday December 27 &#8212; Continued from yesterday\u2026 At 0940, we turned into the channel into Puerto Chiapas\/Puerto Madero.&nbsp; If our understanding is correct, Puerto Chiapas is the south side of the channel, which has a large navy base and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/04\/welcome-to-puerto-chiapas-chiapas-mexico\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,9,14,1,15,2,395],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruising-guide","category-cruising-life","category-food","category-general","category-mexico","category-northamerica","category-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9483"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9511,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9483\/revisions\/9511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}